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Inter Campus at the UN’s Youth Leadership Camp

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BERLIN – Finally they were on the pitch together. The United Nations’ department for Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP) and Inter Campus met up once again after having formalized their collaboration in New York in 2012 at the UN building.
It was on the KienBaum pitch near Berlin that Inter Campus gave the educational training session for the Youth Leadership Camp’s football phase, organised by the UNOSDP.  
The Youth Leadership Camp is an initiative created for young coaches between the ages of 18 and 25 who have distinguished themselves in their communities for their organisational skills and their dedication to sports projects for peace and development. These instructors are also able to benefit from the initiative since they lack the funds to participate in such specialised courses on sports and other disciplines.   
The Berlin Camp focused in particular on thirty young Africans hosted by the UNOSDP after having been recommended by several non-profit organisations throughout the world, many of which are Inter Campus partners.  
This was the case for Samrach Poeng, an instructor with the Mission Possible NPO, an Inter Campus partner in Cambodia. He was able to participate in the recent Youth Leadership Camp in Tokyo, which was dedicated to coaches in Southeast Asia. 
Other young men and women arrived from Ghana, Congo, Kenya and South Africa and were able to take part in these two intense days of lessons both on the pitch and in the classroom. 
It was an environment that fostered the exchange of ideas and opinions, and the Inter Campus staff of Alberto, Silvio, Aldo and Nicoletta tried to respond to all the participants’ questions as they listened to their fascinating and inspiring stories. It’s easy when everyone shares a common passion for sport and, most of all, football! 

Kovacic: “Three points OK, but we can do better”

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GENOA – A brilliant display from Mateo Kovacic this afternoon against Sampdoria. Here is what the Nerazzuri midfielder told Inter Channel: “We played well to win the game although we could certainly have played even better. We did play for a long time with a man advantage and we’re very happy with these three points. It was an extremely important game. We were very focused. We’re happy with the 4-0 scoreline, now we’re looking forward to the game against Parma.

"Mazzarri said that the Inter of the future will be built around Mateo Kovacic? I want to thank the coach for his words of praise. But today I’m just happy with the win. I’m not looking too far ahead in terms of my future, I’m just thinking about our training session tomorrow and that we have to focus on the next game. This week we’ll work hard on preparing as well as possible, as we want to put in another fantastic performance against Parma.”

Handanovic: “The penalty? An important save”

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GENOA – At the end of the first half of Sampdoria v Inter, Samir
Handanovic spoke briefly to Sky Sport Italia:

Here are his words:

"Making saves is my job. That penalty save was important
considering how the game has gone. But now we have to wake up, because Samp are
causing us problems even playing a man down.

"Maybe the comebacks we suffered in recent matches are influencing
our game. In my opinion it’s something psychological." 

Primavera: nine-man Inter snatch point at Varese

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Varese 1-1 Inter (HT 1-0)
Scorers: Bordin 45+1 (pen), Camara 90+5.

Varese: Bordin; Ruzzementi, Simonato, Nchama, Simonetto, Di Stefano, Galliani, Gjonaj (Grazioso 90), Cornacchia, Guacci (Legnani 74), Keita (Romano 65).
Subs not used: Calvaruso, Cerrone, Lercara, Balconi.
Coach: Maurizio Ganz.

Inter: Maniero; Longo, Sciacca, Yao, Eguelfi; Dabo, Tassi (Pinton 50); Camara, Acampora, Polo (Capello 74); Puscas (Bonazzoli 26).
Subs not used: Ivusic, Costa, Paramatti, Gaiola, Baldini, Mira, Ventre, Bigotto.
Coach: Salvatore Cerrone.

Referee: Oliveri (Palermo).
Added time: 2+5 minutes.
Sent off: Longo, Dabo.

Nike brings the Magista to Milan Design Week, with Fredy Guarin

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MILAN – Today Fredy Guarin presented to the Italian press the boots he will be wearing at the World Cup: the Nike Magista. The event was held during Milan Design Week at the Aero-static Dome, the Nike installation at the Palazzo Clerici inspired by their Flyknit technology. The Magista is the first football boot that utilises technology that had first been applied to running shoes in 2012. 
Providing improved fit, touch and traction, the boot is designed for the needs of the creative playmaker. Nike Flyknit technology has been engineered for football for the first time, allowing the foot to get closer to the ball and to deliver enhanced ball-feel and control.
Born from four years of R&D in the Nike Sport Research Lab and with feedback from some of the world’s best attacking playmakers, including Barcelona’s Andrés Iniesta and German forward Mario Gotze, the Magista is designed to enable devastating creativity in a game where space is at a premium. 
Flyknit technology delivers unprecedented feel, fit and control by creating a second-skin, sock-like feel and allows for strength and support to be knitted directly into the boot. The Magista also features a new mid-cut Dynamic Fit Collar for a more locked-down fit and increased awareness of the body’s movements and interaction with the ground and the ball.
The Nike Magista will be available for pre-order at Nike.com on 29 April, and in select Nike stores beginning 22 May.